The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-05-14
A EOUNDLING'S FATE
he Maid of the Tyr
olese Valley.
BY H. BIRD, ESQ.
CHATTER yI-iCoyrlNuED.I

CHAPTER yL-fCoSTNUED.l
Here FrauZi rushed forward, and flung
herself at the feet OF her some time mis-
ueas. ooh, Miss Isidora she cried, kaIf-
Choked with her sObs. What have ] done
10 YOU that ven should thus seek to Tu5n
me Think Of my frieud.ess condition
on know that ] am pareutless. with none
to care for me, on, mother. mother. Won
no deserted your bate from lis birth
vheIe-wheIe arr yout'
lie vicar niece stood Is still and as
rigid as pillar OF stone. HIVE you done;"
she asked in harsh syi'abIes.
The glrl staggered ta her feet, and, tuna
ing, sank into n chair.
Come added the lady, drawing the
biachmitLs mother TO the door | have
spoken only the truth. Come,
Stop Numbered Vigil placing himself
before tha two women. My mother shall
lot be driven from her home aud she who
would have imposed upon ana fooled me-
sho is SO beautiful, and looks SO innocent
she shall not leave this house alive Will
kill her with my own hand And with
those words, the furious man tried to seize
Frauzi; but some Of the neighbors caught
hold of him. and held him back while the
girl escaped through the smithy, and tot
tered out into the open air
Ii Is all over she murmured to herself
have nothing left me now but death,
Heaven viii pity and forgive me. / hope
And she started OF down the village
street IN the direction of nterwald's house,
never pausing once til she found herself
III front of its doOrPorch, with only a strip
OF garden betwiXt herself and It. She stood
quite still, for Albert was -4ttiug there.
Heaven protect the dear old home," she
prayed, ia a whispering voice. 81 thank
-,rF g. l.
TO me, | shall never see YOU more, but |
VIII show you that / have not forgotten
Won. And, hastily opening the little
bundle she had brought with her from the
cottage, She took out Of il the crushed
wreath which Albert had worn on the even
ing of the festival tore of the ring she
had once shown T. him, pressed them both
to her ps, and afterWard tied them mp in a
handkerchief which she threw over the
hedge
The little parcel fell at lis feet; but she
who bad thrown 1t there was already gone.
He picked 1t up in amaze, and immedi-
ately went into the house, IN order TO ex-
anime it, When his ewes fell upon its con
tents, he seemed % understand all that had
happened. and alarm at once possessed
him.
He hurried out # the house again,
and looked over tie eate-up the road
and down it. 1t was starlight, and every
object was plainly 10 b seen.
While he was thus standing. the vicar $
niece who had quilted the blacksmith Ia
triumph, came aurryIug along on her way
back home As size approached the gate,
three men. who had Just left the village inn,
met her face to face.
Ohio" cried one of them, stopping her
Here is the mischief maker of the village
the saint who takes away the character OF
honest girls, Let US give her remem-
hrance
Agreed replied the other two.
With q scream, the woman broke from
them, and few, she knew not whittier the
men following shouting and Looting be-
hind her
Blindly she passed through the passage,
which Albert had flung Omen to receive
her
Here conceal yourself here he whis-
pered dragging her INTO a. clubhouse. No
body s. | seek you here. he added, pulling
the door after HIM, ana leaving her in
darkness.
Then be went back TO meet the men, who
had already entered the garden.
She went in here, III swear, said one
Of them
Nonsense replied another Miss Isl
dora knows better than seek protection
under the roof of him whose good son she
soug I 10 niure.
What is the matter Whom seek YOU
here: asked Albert approaching the in
trudcrs
But before they could answer his inquiry,
a woman voice Wns heard IN the distance
crying out. Help, help
The voice came nearer ana nearer, and
with it hasty footsteps through he snow
Help, hep, III heaven name, reverend
sir" cried hutriua, recognizing Albert.
Help whom Lr lsked, fear sinking all
his .Imbs
"Frlu1l,' she gaspcd, IN reply.
Franz echoedaI.
Something to-ujebttold me to follow hel
steps aud not to lose S CHIT IF her an
>Vered the woman, painting for breath
When she left the smiths, | was close ut
her heels. flying after ler ike the wind,
called 10 her, hut She did nor hear me AL
of a sudden, size made toward the river
and then was lost 70 ms view. ! reached
the bank. but could see nothing bat tLt
rushing waters. and AZ my feet this hat aGC
kerchief Nh, now ! understand her woods
the poor darling has, indeed, STOPPED I'll,
people tongues
5v tEts time tIbcFts father and mother
hearing lantern Ueva added TO the rest.
on. father, eN.lImed the Young man
falling On old I u,erWa.l.s shoulder. poo,
Franz has rush q ous IF the world. aud
an the harry cause of Lar 3esth. See
here is her parting IF, q me her ring.
"A ring" echoed Madame : ljerwald
taking taa little golden hoop out of he
sen hand, and holding tito the i-bt All
reco-uiEe X III was found round her IN
fqnt me Ii must have belonged 10 he
mother. the unuatuu. crgatHral .nu q gol